Agile Team Lead - Birmingham UK

As an agile team lead you’ll be responsible for leading an agile team to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions that meet client and user needs. You’ll get the best from our talented team by creating a productive and sustainable environment. You’ll encourage self-organisation and learning, foresee and remove blockers and keep the business appraised of risks and issues. You’ll work closely with other agile team leads and stakeholders to keep development flowing, and you’ll also have the support and guidance of a Project/Delivery Manager or Managing Consultant. Sounds like a scrum master role? Our customers often ask for Scrum, and you’ll need to be familiar with it. However, we recognize there are many effective ways to deliver projects and knowledge of kanban and lean is highly valued.

We’re broadminded about experience, but you’ll almost certainly have lead software development teams through multiple projects, and have solid client facing experience.

Considerable experience in a relevant commercial or technical environment.

Broad, relevant work experience in a consulting firm or other client-facing role.

Demonstrable experience of delivering as part of an agile team.

Skills

Excellent communication skills are vital. You’ll need to be a persuasive and effective communicator with strong negotiating skills. It’s not only about talking, you’ll need to be able to listen, understand, and build on other’s view points.

You will need an eye for detail, particularly to interpret supplied information and understand sources and challenge where necessary.

The following are required skills:

A solid understanding of agile methods including Scrum.

The ability to facilitate team meetings and group conversations

Relevant commercial experience

A good understanding of technology, digital services and trends.

Good commercial awareness.

The ability to communicate effectively with the team and external stakeholders.

The following are desirable skills:

Certified Scrum Master or Product Owner.

Experience of working in a digital start up.

Experience of working in a full service digital agency environment.

You’ll need to be highly flexible, including willingness to travel frequently and work away from your home base.

We’re an inclusive bunch at Kainos and we believe in equal opportunity. We welcome applications from all walks
of life, including those with criminal records. Everyone who is offered a position here undergoes a background
check, however no one is treated differently due to their background where it isn’t relevant to the role. It’s
important to note – failure to reveal information which is relevant to the position sought, could result in us
having to withdraw the conditional offer of employment.

In short: Having a criminal record will not exclude you from a career with Kainos. This depends entirely on the
nature and requirements of the position, together with the circumstances and background of offences.

Application process

Apply

Interview

Second interview

Offer

Apply and interview

The first step in the process is that your CV will be reviewed by someone from our
experienced recruitment team (no automated keyword matching here!). After this, an initial decision will be
made as to your fit for the role.

Interview

If you applied for a technical role you may be asked to complete an online assessment. Your
CV and results
will be reviewed by the Hiring Manager, and if they are in agreement, you will be invited for a first stage
interview which can take place via phone or video link.

Second interview

After your first interview a decision will be made as to your suitability for the role. If
positive you
will be asked to attend a follow up interview which will take place in person.

Offer

At the end of this process if you are successful we will be in touch to discuss details of
the offer and
the role. Unfortunately, not everyone can be successful, but if you aren’t, we will still be in contact to
let you know.

Kainos provides digital technology services and platforms for organisations across the globe. We've been
delivering award-winning IT solutions, consulting and specialised digital products for over 30 years, and
employ over 1,300 people across Europe and the USA.